The new app, East of the Rockies, aims to teach young people about the Japanese Canadian experience. Photo credit: East of the Rockies/Jam3
Years later, Canute worked with her grandmother, activist and award-winning author Joy Kogawa, on a different kind of story. The two collaborated on the script...

Still photos from Historica Canada's Heritage Minute on the Vancouver Asahi, which was released on Feb. 20, 2019. Photos courtesy: Historica Canada.
Heritage Minutes are short films, 60 second tidbits of Canada's history, that depict significant moments, events or people in Canadian history. The newest...

Campbell House Museum explores its Japanese Canadian connection. Artist Lillian Michiko Blakey's work on display at the Campbell House Museum. Photo credits: Kelly Fleck.
Built in 1822, it is the oldest surviving building from the Town of York. The house has a storied past and colourful history...

Nomination recognizes Sumi's ethereal sound and vivid storytelling. Photo credit: Ryan Marshall.
To set the mood while reading this article, why not listen to some of Sumi's music here.
Sumi won a contest through a student life program, which led to her opening a concert for Canadian singer/songwriter...

Frilu infuses contemporary Canadian cuisine with wabi, sabi and wit. Photo courtesy: Frilu.
It is also the name of an extraordinary new fine dining restaurant in the historic Thornhill Village, on the northern edge of Toronto.
Frilu is the brainchild of executive chef and owner John-Vincent Troiano,...

Gosei Stéphane Hamade visits the Japanese village where his grandfather came from. Joe and Stéphane Hamade at the site of Joe's old home in Mio, Wakayama prefecture, Japan in 2000. Photo courtesy: Bill Hamade.
Stéphane's trip to Mio began with a photograph of his grandfather, Joseph “Joe”...